Voices

I first encountered the phrase “native intelligence” in law school. We were studying Law and Development, a discipline that asks why some societies prosper while others stagnate despite having constitutions, …

The East African Community was created on the foundation of cooperation, shared responsibility, and a common vision of regional prosperity. But today, that vision is facing a serious test as …

History has not always been kind to Africa when it comes to technological revolutions. The Industrial Revolution transformed economies elsewhere while much of Africa remained under colonial rule. The digital …

For many young people, an internship is the first serious door into professional life. That is why internships matter. They give graduates a chance to enter an office, meet supervisors, …

Since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda has prioritised national unity and rejected all forms of divisionism and extremism. The trauma of the genocide has shaped a firm stance …

Reports that Félix Tshisekedi has tasked Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye with organizing an inter-Congolese dialogue that includes the AFC/M23 might, on the surface, appear to be a genuine step toward …

How should a nation demonstrate its strength? Through the weapons it possesses, the enemies it warns, or the lives it improves? As Rwanda marks the 32nd anniversary of Liberation Day …

Some lessons cannot be learned in a classroom. They are found while walking through ancient landmarks, listening to experts share their knowledge, travelling across unfamiliar landscapes, and engaging with people …

As the Congolese crisis deepens and U.S. impartiality is questioned, one thing remains clear: framing this decades-long conflict as a “Rwanda villain” story may be politically convenient, but it is …

The world changes completely when you look at it from the deck of a cruise ship gliding down the Huangpu River, surrounded by the neon-lit towers of Shanghai. For a …

Rwanda’s digital future is not just about access to tools. It is about what young people do with them. Across the country, young people are being encouraged to learn technology, …

There is something curious about a word that describes over 1.4 billion people, 54 countries, thousands of languages, and thousands of distinct histories as if it were a single idea, …